luck
noun[U]
uk/lʌk/us/lʌk/A2
theforcethatcausesthings,especiallygood things, tohappento you bychanceand not as aresultofyourowneffortsorabilities:
运气;(尤指)机遇,机会It was just luck that Iaskedfor ajobat therighttime.真是机缘巧合,我刚好在合适的时机开口说想找份工作。
Then Imetthisgorgeouswoman and I couldn'tbelievemy luck.后来我碰到了这个美丽的女人,我不敢相信自己的运气有这么好。
Shewearsacharmthat shethinksbringshergoodluck.她戴了一个她认为会给自己带来好运的护身符。
Heseemsto have had a lot ofbadluck in hislife.他生活中似乎遇到了不少倒霉的事情。
Soyourinterview'stomorrow? Good luck!这么说明天你要去面试?祝你好运!
Thebestof luckin/withyourexams!祝你考试顺利!
B2
success:
成功Have youhadany luckwithbookingyourflight?你订到飞机票了吗?
Hetriedto get intoteachertrainingcollegebut with no luck.他想进教师进修学院,但未能如愿。
- With abitof luck, we should be back intimefordinner.
- As shewaitedto go into theexam, hesqueezedherhandandwishedher good luck.
- He hasn't been having much luckrecently.
- I'msorrytohearthat youfailedyourdrivingtest. Better luck nexttime, eh!
- Are the company'scurrentdifficultiesaresultofbadluck orbadjudgment?
Chance and randomness
- accident
- aleatory
- arbitrarily
- arbitrariness
- arbitrary
- even-money
- fluke
- fluky
- fortuitous
- fortuitously
- long shot
- luck intosomething
- more by accident than designidiom
- more by luck than judgmentidiom
- non-purposive
- randomized
- randomly
- randomness
- serendipitous
- stumble intosomething
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Success and achievements
Grammar
Luckandlucky
We use the noun luck and the adjective lucky to talk about good things happening by chance, and not because of our own efforts:…Idioms
as luck would have it
bad/hard/tough luck!
be bad luck onsomeone
be down onyourluck
be in/out of luck
be the luck of the draw
for (good) luck
for luck
more by luck than judgment
no such luck
with any luck
your luck's in!